Staff Reporter

Skylar Rispens

StateScoop & EdScoop

Skylar Rispens is a reporter for StateScoop and EdScoop. She previously worked as a reporter specializing in education coverage for daily and weekly newspapers across Montana, where she currently resides.

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NYC snow Feb 2024 — People walk through the blowing snow in Brooklyn as a large winter storm makes its way across the area on February 13, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

NYC schools ‘frustrated and angry’ by IBM’s fumble on remote learning snow day

Education

Seattle steps closer to bridging digital divide, but challenges persist, study finds

City

South Carolina streamlines broadband grant process using geospatial data

Broadband

illustration of hand holding phone that has unknown caller — (Getty Images)

FCC bans AI-generated voices, grants states legal authority

Alabama awards $188 million in middle-mile broadband expansion grants

State

Student breached Fulton County, Georgia, school IT systems

Cybersecurity

rosenworcel — FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel attends Paley International Council Summit at the Paley Museum on Nov. 8, 2022 in New York. (Steven Ferdman / Getty Images)

FCC chair proposes ban on AI-voiced robocalls

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California court system ‘totally rocked’ its digital transformation

County & Local

gold coins — Stacks of American Gold Eagle bullion coins sit atop $100 bills. (Getty Images)

Four men accused of defrauding Indiana Education Department for $44 million

State